"We've been tracking the system for three or four days," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Makoto Moore on Tuesday.
"Initially, it brought significant snowfall to the mountains and all along the Continental Divide. Now it's starting to swing across the state. As it does, it's bringing some snowfall along the Front Range and portions of the plains."
As a cold front dropped down Monday night and early Tuesday morning, snow fell Monday night in the northern portion of the state. Then the cold front dropped south, producing snow in El Paso, Pueblo and eastern Fremont counties.
depend on how much snow we get," Moore said.
"Definitely, there won't be any melting overnight."
Forecasters predict partly cloudy skies for today with north-northwest winds and temperatures climbing to mid-40s during the daytime and dropping between 10 and 15 degrees overnight. However, temperatures will drop to single digits in Custer and Chaffee counties, he said.